Ocean Waves

1993 1h 12m JA

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 1,013

AnimationDramaRomanceTV Movie

Synopsis

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At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Nobuo Tobita
Taku Morisaki (voice)
Yoko Sakamoto
Rikako Muto (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Yutaka Matsuno (voice)
Yuri Amano
Akiko Shimizu (voice)
Kae Araki
Yumi Kohama (voice)
Jun'ichi Kanemaru
Okada (voice)
Ai Satou
Taku's Mother (voice)
Aya Hisakawa
Young Girl (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Writers: Keiko Niwa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki, shot by Atsushi Okui. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Shigeru Nagata. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Nobuo Tobita and Yoko Sakamoto and Toshihiko Seki carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0108432 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Tomomi Mochizuki directs. Atsushi Okui behind the camera. Shigeru Nagata scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
233 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki, shot by Atsushi Okui. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Shigeru Nagata. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Nobuo Tobita and Yoko Sakamoto and Toshihiko Seki carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0108432 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Classified under 10 themes, including "friendship", "surrealism", "love", "tokyo, japan".
8Released under 13 different titles around the world.